Snap-hook.



E. E. EVENSON.

SNAP HOOK. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10. HI].

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

INVENTOR fz'en 502m ATTORN EY EDWARD E. nvnnsolvaor M0, Wisconsin sitar-Hook.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it 'known (that I, EDWARD E. EvnNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rio, in theeountyof (lolulnbia and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and iiusefu-l Improvements in Snap-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a snap hook, with the "primary object of the invention belng to provide a hook of this character which w1ll be strong and durable in use and has a shank so constructed that the hook may be readily and securely connected with an end of a strap and in such amanner as to render its accidental disconnection therefrom while the hook is in use practlcally impossible.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention resides in the novel combination construction therein shown, as changes, al-

terations, and modifications, within the scope of the claim may be resorted towhen desired.

In the drawings: a 1

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved snap hook, showing the same connected with a strap.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the shank of the snap hook! and strap connected therewith.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectlon onthe llne 3-3 of Fig. 1. i

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing. V

Referring now to the drawing in detail,

the letter A designates a portion of a strap.

with which is shown connected the improved snap hook B, said hook comprising a flat rectangular shaped shank 5 terminating at one end in a hook 6, thebill of which is engaged by an end on a spring tongue 7 secured to the shank 5 between itsends in any suitable manner.

Arranged at opposite sides of the shank 5 and extending longitudinally thereof throughout its length are side flanges 8 having connected therewith cross bars 9 and 10 beneath which a portion of the strap A is .its intersectio-nwith the. shank. i i

p Specification of Letters Patent Patentzgd D 3; 1918, Application filed; March 10, 1917. Serial No. l53,896. i l

of the strap A when passed along the shank and into a pocket llvformed in the hook 6 at Formed on the shank 5 are spaced studs 12 which when the end of the strap is arranged beneath the cross bars 9 and 10 may bepassed through the openings 13 therein, said strap being held engaged with the studs by the cross bars 9 and 10 whichnot only serve this purpose but materially assistin bracing the flanges 8 and through their arrangement hook to be adjusted longitudinally of the end of the strap when the occasion requires.

y with relation to the studs 12 permit the snap s The other end of the shank 5 is extended 1 beyond the cross bar 9to serve as a directing lip in facilitating the the strap beneath the cross bar9. p p

. When it is desired to apply the improved passage of. the

end of snap hook to a strap as shown in Fig. 1 in the drawing, the end of the strap isarranged within the channel formed in the shank by the flanges 8 with the cross bars 9 and 10 overlying the strap. The studs 12 are now passed through the openings 13 in the strap which causes the free end thereof to be poof the hook thus enabling the cross bars 9 and 10 and the studs 12 to firmly secure the hook to the strap.

sitioned within the recess 11 at the inner end i From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

it is at once apparent that a snap hook has been provided in which the shank is so constructed as to permit the snap hook to be readily and securely connected with the end of the strap when the occasion requires.

It willbe understood from the foregoing that the shank constructed and arranged in accordance withmy invention has a smooth jacent to and extends from the mouthof the snap hoop and is therefore adapted to protect the strap against frictional or other Wear incidental to the engagement of the noted that the said smooth andcontinuous body portion affords a strong connection for the tongue of the hook.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

As a new article of manfacture, a snap and. continuous body portion which is ad- 1 hook having an integral shank; the said shank being made up of a continuous smooth and imperforate body portion that is arranged adjacent to the mouth of the hook and extends from the back of said mouth, a pocket formed in the shank back of said body portion and at the inner end of the hook, side flanges on said body portion and extending throughout the length of the same from the mouth of said pocket rearwardly, cross-bars interposed between said side flanges, and studs extending from the back of the body portion at a point between the cross-bars and a point between the pocket and the forward cross-bar, respectively; the body portion being extended rearwardly be-- yond the rear cross-bar and forming a guide lip, and a resilient tongue afiixed to the face of the body portion of the shank and normally resting against the outer portion oi the hook and guarding the mouth thereof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDWARD E. EVENSON.

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Washington, D. G. 

